News - Topics from February, 2013

The Lamar County sheriff’s office has mounted a multi-pronged effort to help correctional officer Shirley Pritts who is waging a tough battle with stage three breast cancer.

Pritts said she was diagnosed with cancer last August and the extensiveness of the disease was confirmed in September. She underwent a bilateral mastectomy and 22 of the 25 lymph nodes removed at that time were cancerous.
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When highly successful Camden County head football coach Jeff Herron announced last week he was taking the same job at Prince Avenue Christian in Athens, Franklin Stephens’ name immediately moved to the top of the list of possible candidates at Camden.
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Rain or shine, the ceremonial groundbreaking of the new Lamar County College and Career Academy building at the high school will take place at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, with refreshments provided by Parrish Construction. The work will be put on the fast track.

A special guest, Miss Georgia 2012 Leighton Jordan of Suwanee, will be with Lamar High girls getting ready for prom on April 6, says Becky Patterson, an organizer of the Pretty for Prom project.
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On February 12, 2013, Lamar County and Butts County Sheriff’s Offices arrested three suspects for burglary. Butts county deputies conducted a traffic stop and located several guns, video gaming machines, and a laptop computer suspected to be stolen property.
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There is a bake sale starting today at the sheriff’s office to benefit officer Shirley Pritts. Lots of goodies all ready for Valentine’s Day. Come get some sweets for your sweet. Please invite all your friends. We thank you for your support for this amazing woman during this difficult time.

The Herald-Gazette has gotten multiple calls regarding a helicopter hovering over Redbud Drive and Country Kitchen Road Friday night. Preliminary contact with law enforcement indicates the chopper is not airborne on behalf of either the Lamar sheriff's office or the Barnesville Police Department.

UPDATE: Investigator Al Moltrum of the BPD says officers worked a domestic dispute on Redbud Dr. but it had nothing to do with the chopper. So...

Rayonier officials have corrected earlier reports in national business media and Georgia daily newspapers that indicated the local facility would be included in an $80 million sell-off of assets. In fact, Rayonier intends to retain its local chip mill.
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